Improvement in portable fences



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,Q i THOMAS NEv-IsON,

ORMOnenn,v OHIO.

e Lane/rs Patent No. 90,117, dated my 1s, 1869.

:turnover/:ENT 1N PORTABLE e Fences.

The Schedule referred to in these, Letters Patent and `making part of the same To all `whom it may concern Y Be it known that I, THOMAS N Ev1soN,ot` lilorgan,

in the county of Ashtabula, 'and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Porti able Fence; and I do hereby declare that thei'ollowin g is a full .and complete description of the same, reference being hadV to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in, which- Figure l is a side View of the fence.

Figure 2, a transverse section.

Figure 3, a detached section i n Like lettersof reference refer to like parts in the sev erall views presented;

l This invention 'has tor its object a cheap, portable fence, one of simple and easy construction and durability, intended especially for farm-use.

i In iig. 1',Al represents sills on which thevffence is built and supported, as follows:

About midway in each sill is cut apair of gains o'r deep notches, B, in which the lower ends of the standards C. are inserted, as shown in fig. 2,and "thereby held from lateral displacement.

The upper ends of said standards are secured from lateral displacement by being conned in the angle' of thebraces D, each brace resting upon the end of a standard, whereas the lower end of the .brace penetrates the sill and is driven into the ground, which not only secures the sills firmly thereto, but the sills serve as a binder for holding orassisting to hold the stakes or braces in posit-ion, thereby adding to the strengthend permaneney of the structure.

By the use of strong pins a,insert ed`through the standards, a number of the lower rails may be dispensed with, the upper rails being allowed to rest upon the pins instead of upon the sills.

Between the standards thus erected are inserted the ends vof the bars or rails E, superimposed one above the other, as shownin iig. 1, 'which being done, .l

they are further secured in place by laying a binder,- F, in the upper, angle of thebraces, the weight of which noty only serves to press -the braces strongly against the ends of the standards, and in turn the standards against the rails, but Vit also adds to the i height of the fence.

It will be obvious that a fence thus constructed requires no nails, and that all the materials used may consist of the common split rails, with the single exception of the sills, which should be a little larger.

, The facilityi with which this fence can be put up or taken down renders it of great value for folding sheep.

or in fencing in stacks, yards, Src., and other temporary uses, and as a fixture it is strong, durable, and not easily thrown down by the winds or by the stock, for

the rea-son that thebraces are driven into the ground.

That I claim as my invention7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- i The braces D, standards C, in combination with the rails E, sills A, and rider F, when constructed and arranged as herein described, and for the purpose specified. t

THOMAS NEVISON.

Witnesses:

A. WRIGHT,

V. D. LATIMER. 

